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Classification:Art Objects
Object Number:499-2-13
Object Name:painting
Title:Desert Larkspur (Delphinium parishii), Alkali Mariposa (Colochartus palmeri)
Date:May 18, 1969
Made:Antelope Valley
Subject:Desert larkspur and alkali mariposa wildflowers
Description:Slender green stems emerge from base of painting and extend up with few green leaves and two kinds of purple flowers. One plant has small "S" petaled blue and purple flowers with yellow centers and other large three-petal cupped purple flowers. Green hillside with blue sky with scattered white clouds. I.D. Marks: Description of plant on lower edge.
Medium/Materials:watercolor on paper
Dimensions:Image: 75 x 56 cm. (29 17/32 x 22 1/16 in.)
Framed: 93.98 x 63.5 cm. (37 x 25 in.)
Inscriptions:Signed lower right in pencil, "Jane S. Pinheiro W. Antelope Valley 5-18-69."
Park Unit:Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (SR)
Artist:Jane S. Pinheiro, 1907 - 1978
Collector:Wildflower Preservation Committee